Backgammon in Gothic and Renaissance paintings
Dan Scoones
painting "The Garden of Earthly Delights" is fairly well known. A
particularly good graphic of this work is available at:
http://www.navigo.com/wm/paint/auth/bosch/delight/delightr.jpg
Yesterday I was browsing through some Renaissance paintings and
noticed that backgammon is also depicted in Peter Bruegel's work "The
Triumph of Death." This work may be viewed at:
http://www.navigo.com/wm/paint/auth/bruegel/death.jpg
According to the Bosch subpage, the connection is more than
coincidental:
"At the time of his death, Bosch was internationally celebrated as an
eccentric painter of religious visions who dealt in particular with
the torments of hell. During his lifetime Bosch's works were in the
inventories of noble families of the Netherlands, Austria, and Spain,
and they were imitated in a number of paintings and prints throughout
the 16th century, especially in the works of Pieter Bruegel the
Elder."
Interesting that backgammon was considered one of the "torments of
hell..." Does anyone know of any other (more favourable) depictions
of backgammon in Gothic and Renaissance paintings?
Cheers,
Dan
stev...@my-deja.com
JP White
> Dan Scoones <dsco...@telus.net> wrote in message
> news:38d05d1b...@news.telus.net...
>
> > Yesterday I was browsing through some Renaissance paintings and
> > noticed that backgammon is also depicted in Peter Bruegel's work "The
> > Triumph of Death." This work may be viewed at:
> > http://www.navigo.com/wm/paint/auth/bruegel/death.jpg
>
> OK - I give up. Where is the backgammon depiction in the painting? I'm
> looking, but I can't find it anywhere. Knowing Bruegel, I probably need a
> much bigger screen to check out all of the intricate detail.
>
> Thanks Dan for a great post.
>
> Gavin in Sapporo
I had the same problem until I realized there was more of the photograph to
the right.
Scroll to the right and it's in the lower right quadrant.
--
JP White
jp.w...@nashville.com
Gavin Anderson
Christian Schou
> hell..." Does anyone know of any other (more favourable) depictions
> of backgammon in Gothic and Renaissance paintings?
sorry, no
on my own BG page I use a much more humorous 18-19th century english painting
'A Hitt at Backgammon'
[ Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827) ]
http://www.geocities.com/cschou/bg/index.html
greetings from Copenhagen
Christian
Irentem
"Gavin Anderson" <brit...@mbf.sphere.ne.jp> wrote:
That was a great post Dan!!
Not only did I find both BG tables, but I found a Waldo in the upper left
corner of the Bosch.
Mark
simon
After recent experiences at the tentacles of the jellyfish, I can confirm
that backgammon is in fact one of the torments of hell. Cheers,
a very glum simon
Dan Scoones <dsco...@telus.net> wrote in message
news:38d05d1b...@news.telus.net...
> I believe the depiction of backgammon in Hieronymous Bosch's Gothic
> painting "The Garden of Earthly Delights" is fairly well known. A
> particularly good graphic of this work is available at:
> http://www.navigo.com/wm/paint/auth/bosch/delight/delightr.jpg
>
> Yesterday I was browsing through some Renaissance paintings and
> noticed that backgammon is also depicted in Peter Bruegel's work "The
> Triumph of Death." This work may be viewed at:
> http://www.navigo.com/wm/paint/auth/bruegel/death.jpg
>
> According to the Bosch subpage, the connection is more than
> coincidental:
>
> "At the time of his death, Bosch was internationally celebrated as an
> eccentric painter of religious visions who dealt in particular with
> the torments of hell. During his lifetime Bosch's works were in the
> inventories of noble families of the Netherlands, Austria, and Spain,
> and they were imitated in a number of paintings and prints throughout
> the 16th century, especially in the works of Pieter Bruegel the
> Elder."
>
> Interesting that backgammon was considered one of the "torments of
> hell..." Does anyone know of any other (more favourable) depictions
> of backgammon in Gothic and Renaissance paintings?
>
> Cheers,
> Dan
VSG
Dan Scoones <dsco...@telus.net> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag:
38d05d1b...@news.telus.net...
> I believe the depiction of backgammon in Hieronymous Bosch's Gothic
> painting "The Garden of Earthly Delights" is fairly well known. A
> particularly good graphic of this work is available at:
> http://www.navigo.com/wm/paint/auth/bosch/delight/delightr.jpg
>
> Yesterday I was browsing through some Renaissance paintings and
> noticed that backgammon is also depicted in Peter Bruegel's work "The
> Triumph of Death." This work may be viewed at:
> http://www.navigo.com/wm/paint/auth/bruegel/death.jpg
>
> According to the Bosch subpage, the connection is more than
> coincidental:
>
> "At the time of his death, Bosch was internationally celebrated as an
> eccentric painter of religious visions who dealt in particular with
> the torments of hell. During his lifetime Bosch's works were in the
> inventories of noble families of the Netherlands, Austria, and Spain,
> and they were imitated in a number of paintings and prints throughout
> the 16th century, especially in the works of Pieter Bruegel the
> Elder."
>
> Interesting that backgammon was considered one of the "torments of
> hell..." Does anyone know of any other (more favourable) depictions
> of backgammon in Gothic and Renaissance paintings?
>
> Cheers,
> Dan
Wow!
I'd say they are both a pork chop short of a barbeque and required serious
therapy ;-)
alan
dsco...@my-deja.com
dsco...@telus.net (Dan Scoones) wrote:
> Interesting that backgammon was considered one of the "torments of
> hell..." Does anyone know of any other (more favourable) depictions
> of backgammon in Gothic and Renaissance paintings?
of backgammon in a nice work by the Flemish painter Theodoor Rombouts:
http://www.ncartmuseum.org/events/sinners/backgam.html
Cheers,
Dan